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Booker's Booker 2 - Bargain DIY Tweak system System |
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Last Update: September 29, 2004 at 07:56:09 | IP Address: 65.202.194.226 |
Amplifier: | NAD 3020 Creek OBH-11 (OBH-2 Power Supply) |
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | Bottlehead Foreplay |
Speakers: | DIY Fostex 206E BFB Sennhieser HD580 Grado SR-60 |
Sources: | |
CD Player/DAC: | Rotel 980 Transport Rotel 980 DAC Rotel 940 BX Sonic Frontiers Assemblage DAC 1.5 and UJB-1 Kyocera DA-710 |
Turntable/Phono Stage: | Rega Planar 2 (Super Elys) w/ Michell Heavyweight, acrylic platter and rewired from clips to bullet plugs with Cardas wire AR-XB77 (Grado Black) - Rewired with Cardas wire AR-XA (Grado Black) w/ Mayfare Formula IV arm Rega Planar 3 (Elys) - Stock but rewired with Cardas from clips to female RCA's on base plate. |
Other Source(s): | Sony RCD-1 (CD Burner) |
Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | Various DIY - VenHaus CAT-5, Risch 89259, DH Labs, Cardas |
Other (Power Conditioner, Racks etc.): | Cheap media rack with wheels...each shelf has vibrapods with piece of MDF on top. |
Tweaks: | Inside of all CDP's and DAC's covered with dampening material. |
Room Size (LxWxH): | 14 x 14 x 10 |
Room Comments/Treatments: | Need more room!!! |
Music Preferences and Comments: | |
Music Used (Genre/Selections): | See system 1...but, pretty much everything good. |
System Goals/Comments: | Experiment and test DIY projects, components, etc. and as always...enjoying the music. |
System Strengths: | Very dynamic and in your face sound from the BFB's. Great fun to tweak and experiment with. Fast and tight (although rolled off) bass. |
System Weaknesses: | None considering the cost of 2nd hand gear and DIY projects...except this big stack of ever changing equipment and cables is ugly. |
Video/HT System: None | |
Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Hunting, fishing, vinyl. |